• Carry a tackle box around your neck

    Trout anglers figured this out ages ago: Why weigh yourself down when all you want to do is blitz a local creek? Bass busters can do the same. Turbocharge a flyfishing lanyard with the items listed below, and you can work your way around a pond unencumbered.

    Start with a neck lanyard with at least five disconnects.

    If your lanyard comes preloaded with floatant holder, small nippers, or other trout-specific tools, remove them. Then load it up with the following essentials.

    PLIERS Look for the lightest fishing pliers you can find. Some models even float (1).

    FILE A short hook file. Yes, you need one (2).

    SPINNERS AND JIGS Stuff a small fly box with a few spinners and jigs and whatever else you might need once you're on the pond (3).

    SCISSORS Super braid scissors will cut heavy gel-spun and superbraid lines (4).

    MULTITOOL Look for a small multitool that can do business as a mono clipper, a screwdriver, and a bird's-nest detangling aid (5).

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